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An Act to provide punishment for the commission of rape by a free negro, and for the punishment of a negro guilty of being an accessary before the fact, to murder in the first degree. 1849-1850 304 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0154 and id is 1 raw text is: 304 CHAPTER CXIII. An Act to amend the law now in force in cases of forcible entry and detainer, forcible detainer and unlawful detainer. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That when any party in any or either of the above named cases in this State may die during the pendency and before a final deter- mination of any such suits, it shall and may be lawful for such suit to be revived in the name of the heirs or legal representatives of such deceased party in the same manner and to the same extent that actions of ejectment can now be revived. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That this act shall apply to all cases now pending, and which have not been abated by the order and judgment of the court where such suit may be pending. LANDON C. HAYNES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN F. HENRY, Passed January 24, 1850. Speaker of the Senate. CHAPTER CXIV. An Act to provide punishment for the commission of rape by a free negro, and for the punishment of a negro guilty of being an accessary before the fact, to murder in the ist degree. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That any free negro, or free mulatto, who shall commit rape on a free white female, shall suffer death by hanging. SEc. 2. Be it enacted, That if any negro, or mulatto, bond or free, shall be an accessary before the fact to murder in the first degree, he or she, shall suffer death by hanging. LANDON C. HAYNES. Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN F. HENRY, Speaker of the Senate. Passed February 9, 1850.

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